Best Elementary Schools in Kansas

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the KAP test scores by the Kansas State Department of Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 653)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
201200001593	71	Morse Elementary	Public	K-5	15201 Monrovia St.	Overland Park	66221	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-6800	356	28	12.6	11.0%	270 (75.8%)	12 (3.4%)	11 (3.1%)	40 (11.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	$10,824			$134			$10,690	85.8	94.6	18	53
201200001841	72	Sunrise Point Elementary	Public	K-5	15800 Roe Ave.	Overland Park	66224	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-7500	478	33	14.3	7.3%	331 (69.2%)	10 (2.1%)	36 (7.5%)	83 (17.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.3%)	$11,161			$154			$11,007	85.8	89.1	51	21
201200001605	73	Indian Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	11600 Knox St.	Overland Park	66210	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 239-6400	376	30	12.7	29.3%	227 (60.4%)	22 (5.9%)	54 (14.4%)	34 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	38 (10.1%)	$12,133			$941			$11,192	85.6	84.8	74	1
200951002023	74	Jefferson West Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	301 Main Street	Meriden	66512	Jefferson County	Jefferson West	No	No	No	Yes	(785) 484-2455	326	20	16.3	34.7%	284 (87.1%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.8%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	2 (0.6%)	15 (4.6%)	$11,695			$437			$11,258	85.4	78	114	40
201200001645	75	Valley Park Elementary	Public	K-5	12301 Lamar Ave.	Overland Park	66209	Johnson County	Blue Valley	No	No	No	No	(913) 239-7600	639	52	12.2	19.1%	375 (58.7%)	48 (7.5%)	66 (10.3%)	96 (15.0%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.0%)	$9,536			$368			$9,169	85.1	85.7	72	3
201014001624	76	Brougham Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15500 S Brougham Dr	Olathe	66062	Johnson County	Olathe	No	No	No	No	(913) 780-7350	315	23	13.8	17.1%	225 (71.4%)	23 (7.3%)	28 (8.9%)	18 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.7%)	$11,611			$538			$11,073	85	91.4	29	47
200918000848	77	Marlatt Elementary	Public	K-5	2715 Hobbs	Manhattan	66502	Riley County	Manhattan-Ogden	No	No	No	No	(785) 587-2060	426	29	14.6	27.7%	317 (74.4%)	18 (4.2%)	38 (8.9%)	15 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.7%)	$9,125			$859			$8,266	84.9	87.8	57	20
200840001665	78	Quail Run Elementary	Public	K-5	1130 Inverness Drive	Lawrence	66049	Douglas County	Lawrence	No	No	No	No	(785) 832-5820	416	27	15.2	26.7%	302 (72.6%)	14 (3.4%)	30 (7.2%)	12 (2.9%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (13.0%)	$8,390			$412			$7,978	84.9	87.7	58	20
201164001550	79	Rhein Benninghoven Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	6720 Caenen St	Shawnee	66216	Johnson County	Shawnee Mission Pub School	No	No	No	No	(913) 993-1900	437	28	15.4	31.6%	288 (65.9%)	39 (8.9%)	66 (15.1%)	13 (3.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.6%)	$9,375			$390			$8,984	84.8	75.9	123	44
200378001184	80	Basehor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	15602 Leavenworth Rd	Basehor	66007	Leavenworth County	Basehor-Linwood	No	No	No	Yes	(913) 724-1038	526	35	14.9	18.1%	435 (82.7%)	8 (1.5%)	49 (9.3%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)	$8,073			$314			$7,759	84.4	83.5	82	2

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on KAP English Language Arts, KAP Mathematics, KAP Science test scores released by the Kansas State Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Kansas State Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.